File:Rear-seat gunners of VB-16 on USS Lexington (CV-16) in November 1943.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy rear-seat gunners of Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16) Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft wait at the edge of the flight deck for the order to man their planes aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16), during the Gilberts Operation, November 1943.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15292 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Commander Edward Steichen, USNR.

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